Friday, November 25, 2011

International solidarity with Democratic Korea

Alejandro Cao de Benos and Dermot Hudson

By New Worker correspondent

FRIENDS of the Korean people from
home and abroad gathered last Saturday for an international meeting of the
Korean Friendship Association (KFA) in central London.
Leading activists in the Korean solidarity movement including KFA President
Alejandro Cao de Benos, Dermot Hudson from the
UK KFA and others from Europe and Africa
took part in the conference. But others from Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Thailand
and Russia were
prevented by the Foreign Office from entering the country.

November marks
the 12th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean Friendship
Association. Over the decade the KFA has become the authoritative and authentic
friendship body promoting solidarity with the DPRK. Perhaps the greatest
achievement of the KFA has been to spread an understanding of the DPRK among an
audience of millions, particularly young people through the medium of the
Internet and other resources.

While the morning session was
devoted to internal organisational matters the afternoon was spent in open
discussion on building solidarity with the DPR Korea.

In his keynote speech KFA president Alejandro
Cao de Benos said: "Frequently people around the world talk about
'personality cult' or 'state religion',
but out of their ignorance they cannot understand that the admiration
and the lapel pin on the heart of every Korean comes from genuine respect
towards a great man who did so much for others but never thought of himself.
This is why is our duty and honour to safeguard the works and life of
Generalissimo Kim Il Sung, to spread this knowledge worldwide and shield Korea,
the country of Juche against any enemy attack”.

Solidarity
messages were received from the DPRK embassy in London
and the Pyongyang mission of the
Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front of south
Korea and the conference unanimously
endorsed a solidarity message to the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il .